Diocese of Motherwell Dioecesis Matrisfontis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Scotland |
| Territory | Most of the council areas of North and South Lanarkshire and part of Glasgow. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ecclesiastical Province of Glasgow |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,178 km2 (455 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 720,000 164,000 (22.8%) |
| Parishes | 64 |
| Schools | 12 High Schools |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 May 1947 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell |
| Secular priests | 113, including retired priests and those working with the Diocese. |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph Toal |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | William Nolan |
| Vicar General | Raymond Breslin |
| Website | |
| rcdom.org.uk | |
The Diocese of Motherwell (Latin: Dioecesis Matrisfontis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.[1]
- ^ "Diocese of Motherwell". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 October 2010.